Col. Potter Volunteers at Niles Dog Show in Fremont, CA

Written by a CP Media Volunteer

Col. Potter Booth

The Niles Dog Show's motto is "No Pedigree, No Problem". Dogs of all kinds are welcome to compete in contests such as the most unusual mix, best performer, prettiest female, most handsome male, etc.

This year Jay, Carol and Denise manned a Col Potter booth last weekend. Former Col Potter Foster Kids Toddy (fka Nancy), Zoya and Monkey (fka Jared) were the 4-footed Col Potter representatives. They also participated in several contests. Toddy was in best costume, Zoya was in best veteren and prettiest female and Monkey was in best performer. Toddy and Zoya showed nicely but didn't win a ribbon. Monkey was named 5th best performer and brought home a lovely rosette, which he will add to his ever growing collection of ribbons, rosettes, plaques and trophies.

Toddy

Zoya

While Toddy, Zoya and Monkey were showing the world what Col Potter Dogs could do, Jay, Carol and Denise hung out at the Col Potter booth (at least they did when they weren't escorting canine performers to and from the stage that is!). This was the first time Col Potter attended this event and it was very successful. The booth was an informational only booth so nothing could be sold but donations were gladly accepted. By the end of the day almost all of the give-aways were gone and a total of $72.00 was donated.

Funny story - there was a cute red wheaten cairn in the booth right next to the Col Potter one. Her name was Lucy and she came over to visit a few times. More than one booth visitor thought she was part of the Col Potter booth! Her dad came over and made a nice donation.

Even though it was a little hot, attendence was good and everybody had a great time. Several of the dogs took advantage of the doggy water park provided by the organizers. It was fun to watch the dogs enjoy the kiddy pools and misters! Too bad there wasn't a water park for the 2-footed participants.

Agility Contestant

Thanks to Jay, Carol and Denise for spending their day providing information about Col. Potter to those who were interested and collecting donations from the visitors to the booth.

Please click here to visit The Niles Dog Show website and be sure to check out the 2009 Pictures from Gwen Dossey - #28 shows Toddy during the best costume contest.